From budgets to retirement – Ickes retires from UI after six years
He might have operated behind the scenes, but Keith Ickes” work as executive director of the Planning and Budget Office was felt around the university. “He wasn”t focused on the […]
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Faculty react to Staben”s decisions on parenting leave policy
Before last year, new parents employed at the University of Idaho had to split 12 weeks of parenting leave between them. This only met the basic requirements of the national […]
Palousafest powers through smoke
Though Palousafest was set to happen “rain or shine,” according the University of Idaho”s press release. This year the event had neither. Instead, Palousafest went on through the smoke from […]
Moments of recognition – Tony Plana gives advice, words of inspiration at convocation
Actor Tony Plana, the featured speaker at this year”s University of Idaho Convocation, had a simple truth for his audience of new students Friday. “Welcome to the adult world,” Plana […]
Mobile makeovers – VandalWeb and UI Homepage get makeover
Two of the most well known University of Idaho websites, the uidaho.edu homepage and VandalWeb, received major overhauls in a move toward better mobile accessibility. “With the significant increase in […]
Bringing in students – Annual Palousafest set to have over 200 tables
Three rows of tables, 200 organizations and businesses, a bouncy castle, a sumo wrestling ring and a hot air balloon will decorate the Theophilus Tower Lawn Saturday. The annual street […]
Volleyball: Kiefer returns to Idaho, this time as an assistant coach
With the season opener against Hawaii (27-3 in 2014, 18-0 Big West) this Friday to kick off the Idaho volleyball’s first of three games in the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational, […]
WBB: New assistant women’s basketball coach Jeri Jacobson is glad to get back to coaching
Jeri Jacobson was itching to get back into coaching, so she did. Jacobson, who spent last season as the director of basketball operations at North Dakota, was added to the […]
Swim: Former Vandal swimmer Kelsie Saxe returns to Idaho as new assistant swim coach
Sometimes four years just isn’t enough at Idaho. That seems to be the case for former Vandal swimmer Kelsie Saxe as she returned to Idaho where she swam at for […]
Column: Petrino — a different kind of players’ coach
Three things can usually be heard when walking up to an Idaho Vandal football practice — pads popping, whistles blowing and Paul Petrino yelling. Whether it’s yelling at his quarterback […]